First #FishyFriday in July.

It's another dull start to the day and hard to believe it is July...

but, there's plenty of fish on the market with good shots of hake from the netters like the  Ajax...

and Britannia V...

big bream were a thing...

as were some decent turbot...

a few trawl hake...

seasonal craws...

and plenty of beam trawl megrims...

and lemons...

top drawer fish included these bass...

and red mullet...

along with monk tails...

and John Dory...

compare and contrast...

plenty of ray too...

the working deck of the beam trawler, Our Charlie Mia...

more signs the sardine season is underway, dozens of 400kg bins begin to muster by the new ice plant.

 

How the General Election went in fish boxes for Cornwall.

 

Last night the political map of Cornwall was represented by a single colour...

by the time the fish auction started this morning, blue boxes had been replaced by red...

and orange

Sardine season off to early start! Fire up the BBQ!

First to take the chance and dip the net, skipper Will Treneer loads the award winning Inter-Nos with bins and ice...
 

before heading out across the bay looking for sardine marks on the sounder that have been reported over the last few days...

and in the early hours of Wednesday morning he and the crew were rewarded with the first shot of the season...

being pumped aboard the boat to fill her innovative seawater tanks...

to the delight of fishmongers like Jonathon Norris! Stay in touch with the exploits of all the Cornish Sardine fleet by following them here @CornishSardines and here on Instagram at Cornish Sardines.

Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS) is Seeking a New Chairperson

FIS, the coalition of experts driving innovation for a prosperous and sustainable UK seafood industry, has announced that current Chair, John Goodlad, will be stepping down from the Board in December 2024. The charity, which is governed and funded by M&S, Sainsbury’s, Young’s Seafood, Seafish and the Fishmongers’ Company, is now seeking a new chairperson to lead the FIS Board of Trustees.

FIS is calling for applications from industry experts and experienced advocates for innovation and precompetitive collaboration, who will support FIS in its remit to facilitate, coordinate and leverage investment for innovation in UK seafood. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in Autumn, with the new Chair welcomed at the FIS AGM in December 2024.

This appointment of a new chair comes at a time of significant momentum for the charity, which last year expanded its remit across the UK while driving forward projects such as AI-empowered selective fishing gear, Smartrawl, and pioneering new designs for net zero fishing vessels.

John Goodlad has been Chair of FIS since its inception in 2014 and brought his wide experience within the seafood industry to this post.

On his decision to step down, Goodlad said:

“Chairing FIS has been a great honour and privilege. The scope of work that FIS is now undertaking on behalf of the UK fishing industry is quite remarkable. With the support of a great Board of Trustees and an excellent Executive Director, the new Chair will be well placed to take FIS forward.”

Executive Director of FIS, Kara Brydson, said:

“With John at the helm, FIS has leveraged more than £3 million in investment into innovation for sustainable UK seafood. The issues facing our industry today point to an even greater need for innovative thinking. We look forward to welcoming a new chair to champion innovation projects which will make the greatest positive change for the UK seafood industry and the people driving it.”

To learn more about the role, please contact Kara Brydson at k.brydson@fisorg.uk.

Link to full vacancy advert: https://fisorg.uk/chairperson-vacancy/

It's only the last flaming #FishyFriday in June!

It's the end of first time stop-over for the guard ship, Karima as she heads out through the gaps...

leaving a quiet port this morning...

and a less busy than usual market for a Friday, with a few end-of-season spider legs...

now, these guys are very tasty...

plaice don't come much bigger...

and the big tubs keep coming...

bass from up the line...

while the port's two big beamers kept the buyers busy with the two species for which beam trawling is synonymous in this part of the world, megrim sole...

and monk tails...

slim pickings for the mackerel men again...

there's giant Meccano kit arrived in the harbour...

arrived on the back of some Uggie Newport transport...

which need to be unloaded...

for Joe and the boys to put together...

in the form of a back-up ice plant, courtesy of Padstow's changing fortunes.

 

It may be the longest day and #FishyFriday, but is there any sign of summer?

When you don't have a long keel, maximise the effect of the bow thruster by having it within the bubous bow...

a punt landing early at the fish market, a sure sign summer is around the corner, oh wait...

this morning's quality fish came courtesy of the netter, Ajax...

inshore John Dory from the Guardian...

and a good shot of turbot from the Stelissa...

interestingly, these thornback ray, caught by a boat that would normally have landed them to Plymouth market have markings very different from thornbacks caught in local waters...

seine caught witches...

a mix of mullet and bass...

proper inshore congers, all lagged in slime...

nice black bream...

and a good selection of wrasse, top sashimi fish..

very dark Dovers...

head-on monk...

hake...

and haddock, all from the seine net of young Aaron...

traditional way of keeping most (crawfish being an exception) shellfish alive in transit, cover them in seaweed...

a good day for the inshore guys...

with line caught bass a feature of some landings...

time for a change of gear, the doors have been cleaned off and treated to a lick of paint...

and the new net got ready...

never ceases to amaze that, despite their inability to control their bowls, gulls are uncannily accurate in selecting their targets...

its the way some big boys roll.